Differential Diagnosis
In patients presenting with suspected ACS,
clinicians should also consider other cardiac and non-cardiac causes of chest
pain including:
- Acute cholecystitis
- Acute pericarditis
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic stenosis
- Asthma
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Herpes zoster
- Myocarditis
- Neuromusculoskeletal causes (eg costochondritis, cervical radiculopathy)
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Pneumonia or pleurisy
- Pulmonary embolism